The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusCleghorn is a city in Cherokee County, Iowa, United States. The population was 240 at the 2020 census.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 240 people in 2010, 240 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1940.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Cleghorn yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Cleghorn’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cleghorn’s history is told.
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Cleghorn, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Cleghorn is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Cleghorn has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Guy M. and Rose (Freeman) Gillette House in Cherokee, 8.6 miles away.
Cleghorn and the nearest listed places
Closest to Cleghorn
Guy M. and Rose (Freeman) Gillette HouseCherokee · Built 18988.6mi
Lemuel C. and Mary (Vaughn) Boughton HouseCherokee · Building8.8mi
Cherokee Commercial Historic District (Additional Documentation)Cherokee · Italianate9.1mi
Illinois Central Railroad Yard-CherokeeCherokee · District9.2mi
Lewis HotelCherokee · Building9.2miHow a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.